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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Family Crambidae - Crambid Snout Moths

Splendid palpita - Palpita magniferalis Moth - Diatraea 5187 - Hileithia magualis Splendid Palpita - Hodges#5226 - Palpita magniferalis Julia's Dicymolomia Moth - Dicymolomia julianalis Fresh Mottled - Parapediasia teterrella 722 Scoparia basalis - Many spotted Scoparia 4719 - Scoparia basalis 5018824 - Pyrausta
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly a subfamily (Crambinae) of Pyralidae
Numbers
about 11,630 described species in 15 subfamilies in the world
Size
small to medium size: wingspan usually 10-35 mm
Identification
proboscis with scales at base; tympanal organs (ears) at base of abdomen ventrally and 'opened' anteriomedially (visible in anteriorly-angled lateral view)
Range
cosmopolitan
Habitat
in or on terrestrial or aquatic vegetation; one group lives only in nests of arboreal ants
Food
larvae are stem borers, root feeders, leaf tiers, leaf miners
Remarks
includes many economically important pest species
Internet References
family characteristics plus biology and references (Gerald Fauske, Moths of North Dakota)
taxonomic classification including subfamilies and species numbers (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)